ALEXANDER v. GONSER

No. 6566-9-III.

42 Wn. App. 234 (1985)

711 P.2d 347

KIRBY D. ALEXANDER, ET AL, Appellants, v. BETTY L. GONSER, ET AL, Defendants, YAKIMA VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three.

December 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Stiles, Jr., and Stiles & Stiles, Inc., P.S., for appellants.

David A. Thorner, Donald E. Templeton, and Thorner, Almon, Kennedy & Gano, for respondent.


THOMPSON, J.

This case involves the issue of whether a hospital has an independent duty to inform a patient of test results administered at the request of the treating physician. We answer in the negative and affirm.

On October 6, 1982, Nancy Alexander, who was at full term pregnancy, was brought to the Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital emergency room following a 2-car collision. Mrs. Alexander was driving at the time of the accident and suffered direct trauma...

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